Love Bird Books

Monday, June 25, 2012

I'm up to 87 sales in a little over four months. The first two were kind of slow while I was building up inventory in my shop, but these last two months have been quite busy. In hindsight, I probably should have closed my shop when we went to Georgia a couple weeks ago. I got 8-10 orders in the few days that we were there and I've been struggling to get those done as well as the orders that keep coming in. I'm not complaining! I just wasn't expecting to be so busy.

I will be going on vacation July 6th and returning July 24th. We will be going to Arizona for a week to visit family and then we're going to spend the rest of our vacation in Oceanside, CA. My inlaws bought a retirement home there. We are planning a Disneyland trip AND Sea World. (Super excited!)

I will be closing my shop this week so that I can get caught up on orders before we leave town. My shop will go down on June 27 and I will be re-opening my shop on July 20th.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I was browsing Etsy Wedding items and I found the most lovely card box I've ever seen! It's incredibly beautiful. I'm tempted to order one of these to just sit in my living room as a conversation piece. I have to give props to this artist. It looks like this shop was just opened, I wish her much success on Etsy!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

I spent a few days this week volunteering at church and helping them get ready for a leadership conference that took place today. I'm always up for anything involving scissors and glue. I made centerpieces for 18 tables, Cinco De Mayo themed! It was a lot of fun!

Yesterday, my Newspaper Mini Book was featured in it's 3rd Etsy Treasury called, "Extra Extra Read All About It." It's a beautiful treasury and it features a few handbags, one of them from a seller Leyyabags. She is a seller from Istanbul, Turkey. I checked out her shop, and I found the cutest handbags I've ever seen! I could NOT resist and I ended up buying TWO of her handmade bags. They are so unique, I couldn't decide which one I liked best so I got them both. Handbags are my WEAKNESS! I can't wait until I receive these in the mail. Here's a link to her Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/leyyabags

Saturday, April 21, 2012

I have a craft show coming up in May and I've been spending a lot of time making mini books. It's a "Celebration of the Arts" show where I'll have my own vendor booth area. I've never done a show before but I'm excited about it! Since most of the books in my shop are for weddings, I decided to make the mini books so that I can appeal to all ages and occasions. So, I've been making about 2 or 3 a day for the past couple weeks. I figured it would be smart to offer books that are cute and cheap! ($12-$14) You can see them all in my Etsy Shop ;-)